Toast your buns

Toast your hamburger buns.

Go the extra mile for yourself and others.

This is the simple and important kind of thing that chefs do to make ordinary meals extra-ordinary. Heat up a frying pan, butter each bun, put each butter-side down on the hot pan, and toast for 20 seconds just before you put the burger together.

Another idea: Heat the milk that you put in your (or someone else’s) coffee or tea in the morning.

We all deserve this special treatment. Take a minute or two to make things just a little bit more extra-ordinary.